queensland Brisbane river anchoring

[Snowfish]

Hey guys, went fishing in the bris river on sunday and as a first timer im unsure if its me or the river bottom but it took me ages to get an anchor in, everywhere i went from down near the brekky creek and up near the gateway hard as hell to anchor do i need a different anchor ? im using a standard sand anchor with 6 foot of chain on it.

[Malcolm]

I use a sand anchor to and sometimes it is hard,I think it's the soft mud,maybee someone else can tell us if there is a better anchor to use or maybee we have to go bigger.

Mal

[Feral]

How heavy an anchor, and how much rope you letting out?

[Malcolm]

Feral wrote:

How heavy an anchor, and how much rope you letting out?

Don't Know how heavy but I do let heaps of rope out when I have to seems to work in the end

[ellicat]

You need to either use heavier chain or a longer length of it. The chain is required for it's weight. You need to have enough weight to keep the shaft of a sand anchor horizontal (or parallel to the bottom) so the pointy bits can grip into the bottom.

The rule of thumb is the amount of rope out should be 3 times the length of the depth you're anchoring in. However you will get away with less if the current isn't too strong or if you use heavier chain or a longer chain.

[bootyinblue]

Brian, you have just covered exactly what I had typed out and then in a brain explosion pushed the quick reply button instead of submit.

Although I did refer to the 'pointy bits' as flukes!

[Malcolm]

Thanks guys,I might have to take some notice of what I have

[bootyinblue]

No worries Malcolm and Snowfish, and next time we have a boat day out come along with your boat and can have a look see and explain it to you in shallow water. Pictures and demos tell a 1000 words.

[Snowfish]

thanks guys, someone did mention to me as well there is a sand anchor youu can buy that has a large weight on top of it, are these worth it or does anyone know what they are on about?

[Cowfish13]

I don't know about that anchor, but another rule of thumb is to have the same about of chain as the length of your boat (ie 4m boat should have 4m or so of anchor chain).

It gets hard to throw out tho. We have 3m or so with our 5m boat and it rarely drifts unless it is in strong current or very rough weather.

[Cliffy]

ellicat wrote:

You need to either use heavier chain or a longer length of it. The chain is required for it's weight. You need to have enough weight to keep the shaft of a sand anchor horizontal (or parallel to the bottom) so the pointy bits can grip into the bottom.

The rule of thumb is the amount of rope out should be 3 times the length of the depth you're anchoring in. However you will get away with less if the current isn't too strong or if you use heavier chain or a longer chain.

Spot on ellicat! Apart from applauding sound advice, love the new avatar...spearfishing, anyone?:evil:

[ellicat]

It's an eerie pic hey Cliffy.:dry:

[Gazza]

A vital point is being missed so far What gauge chain are you using :ohmy: no good having chain thats not suitable

Have a look here a good guide

/>http://www.anchor-marine.com.au/anchor&.htm

cheers

Gaz

[ellicat]

ellicat wrote:

You need to either use heavier chain or a longer length of it. The chain is required for it's weight. You need to have enough weight to keep the shaft of a sand anchor horizontal (or parallel to the bottom) so the pointy bits can grip into the bottom.

The rule of thumb is the amount of rope out should be 3 times the length of the depth you're anchoring in. However you will get away with less if the current isn't too strong or if you use heavier chain or a longer chain.

I thought I mentioned chain size Gaz.

Good site that. Thanks:)

[Gazza]

Most welcome bud

Gaz